ESG Plus is an ESG data provider for the financial industry (B2B). E, S, G stands for Environmental, Social and Governance criteria that are used by institutional investors in order to invest their assets sustainably. Typical clients of ESG Plus are insurance companies, banks, fund/asset managers, pension funds and fintech companies (e.g. Erste Asset Management, Allianz Gruppe in Österreich, Allianz Vorsorgekasse, Österreichische Hagelversicherung, UniCredit Bank Austria, BNP Paribas REIM, LLB Austria, Comgest, Steyler Bank). In total, Assets under Management (AuM) of more than 10 billion Euro use ESG data and services of ESG Plus. In 2019, ESG Plus introduced the free of charge B2C-platform CLEANVEST that helps private investors align their (invested) money with their personal values. CLEANVEST screens 4.000 funds and ETFs in the German speaking DACH-region according to 10 criteria such as child labour, weapons, coal, nuclear energy etc. In Q4-2021 ESG Plus is launching the premium service CLEANVEST-PRO allowing financial planners/advisors and bank consultants as well as family offices and small-/mid-sized asset managers respectively institutional investors to screen funds and ETFs resulting in detailed ESG reports according to more than 30 individual ESG criteria. The primary target audience for CLEANVEST-PRO are retail clients (B2B2C).
